INTERNET CULTURE

Nina Jankowicz was the subject of online attacks from the moment she was named head of the newly created Disinformation Governance Board. Three weeks later, the Department of Homeland Security said the board's work would be "paused."

A new coalition of startups is calling on tech giants to stop holding followers hostage.

Ukrainians also celebrated Russian battlefield setbacks by making memes and an NFT of the recaptured oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk.

In just one year, the Twitter account has helped steer the outrage machine at the center of right-wing messaging and legislation.

Long-shot candidates build social media clout, and donor lists, by “running against villains.”

The field of travel influencers is lucrative and largely unregulated. A recent lawsuit against the self-proclaimed “first woman to travel to every country” attempts to correct the record.

To avoid angering the almighty algorithm, creators on TikTok and other platforms are creating a new vocabulary.

Reddit's r/Place shows that to have a voice online, you must be part of a movement.

Targeted Victory pushed local operatives across the country to boost messages calling TikTok a threat to American children. “Dream would be to get stories with headlines like ‘From dances to danger,'" one campaign director said.

He pronounced it "jif," like the peanut butter brand.

People are craving ways to log off without really logging off.

For creators in Ukraine, an online following can be a lifeline.

With millions getting their information about the war from the platform, the administration wants to get its message to top content creators.

Twitter has hired the tech world's most savvy observers of young users to help the service recruit more young people and compete with TikTok.

Senior Estée Lauder executive John Demsey was told to leave the company over a meme he posted on Instagram that used the n-word in a joke about "Sesame Street's" Snuffleupagus contracting the coronavirus.

The photo of the blue road sign, which tells Russian forces how Ukrainians feel about the invasion in three different ways, is an illustrative joke from Ukravtodor, the government agency for the national road system, during a heavy moment in Ukraine’s history.

Heather Morgan has two distinct personas: one as a successful tech entrepreneur and another as Razzlekhan, the self-proclaimed “Crocodile of Wall Street” who raps about investing in meme stocks and getting high in a cemetery.

What began as a disgruntled electrician stealing a safe turned into an infamous ’90s soap opera of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee that spanned far beyond sex and rock-and-roll — and became “the greatest love story ever sold.”